Azul fellow Maricopans,

As Premieir of Maricopa, I hereby open the call for seats in the Maricopa Cabana.

As a reminder, ANY citizen of Maricopa may claim a seat in the Cabana - the hottest spot north of Havana - and maybe this term we will have business to conduct!

As the current Premieir of Maricopa, it falls to me to open the nomination period for Premier.

The nomination phase will stay open for ONE WEEK. Voting will begin on February 10, 2022 and will remain open for one week.

Nominations:

Sir Txec dal Nordselvă
Danihel Txechescu
Béneditsch Ardpresteir

It is with sadness that seventeen citizens have now lost their citizenship due to not having voted or responded to a census for the past two years.

The citizens who have lost their citizenship are:

Mic'haglh Avercül
John Mousely
Raducanu Vasile
Txosuè Veirnarac'h Pologn
Erschéveþ (Ely) da Schir
Hakan Sönmez
Sevastáin Pinátsch
Bitour Scurzniescu
Martì Vataldestreça
Moritz Iesu Preiria Fernaodescu
Aspra Röseta Laira
Magniloqueu Épiqeu Ac'hlerglünä da Lhiun
Thomas Dellaert
Seguxhameir d'Üc
Tric'hard Carschaleir
Vitxalmour Pelbiançéu Conductour
Ups Cotschneu

If this list is inaccurate please let me know. None of them have been marked inactive or had their Witt accounts updated yet.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Congratulations to the newly elected (and re-elected) Senators. As is required by El Lex. B.9, each Senator, upon being successfully elected, must pay to the Burgermeister of Inland Revenue a fee of 3¤20 (three louise and twenty bence, equivalent to $5 USD).

The fee may be paid via PayPal to stamps@talossa.com, via mail, or in person. Until such time as the fee is paid, the Senator-elect will not be seated.

Fees have been received from: Tric'hard Lenxheir (Vuode) and Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu (Benito).
Fees outstanding: Martì-Páir Furxhéir (Atatürk)



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

It is my pleasure to call for each party to name its Membreaux dals Cosă.

Each party is entitled to the following number of seats:

DIEN - 11
FreeDem - 60
PDR - 14
PT - 9
TNC - 106

Parti da Reformaziun has not paid their party fees and their MCs will not be seated until such time as the fee is received.

Please also note that due to the passage of 57RZ19 we are on a compressed timeline. The first Clark of the 58th Cosa will begin on March 1, 2023. A separate call for bills thread will be opened shortly.

I also encourage the incoming MCs to work on naming a new Seneschal, as one must be named prior to the first Clark to avoid having a ranked choice vote be placed on that Clark.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

DIEN - 11 Cosa Seats
FreeDem - 60 Cosa Seats
PDR - 14 Cosa Seats
PT - 9 Cosa seats
TNC - 106 Cosa Seats

Referendums

57RZ19 passed
57RZ27 passed

Senate Elections

Ataturk - Marti-Pair Furxheir
Benito - Eiric Bornatfiglheu
Vuode - Tric'hard Lenxheir

Edit: I inadvertently left off S:reu Lenxheir as he was elected by the province and was not listed in the database results. My apologies.

The January 2023 General Elections to elect the 58th Cosa, provincial assemblies and 3 senate seats in addition to the two referenda on amendments to the Organic Law is now active.

*The province  of Vuode is holding its own Senate elections. To vote and for more information please check the provincial forum on Wittenberg.

You can find the election rules here.

Ballots will be sent today. If you do not receive a ballot today, please send me a pm.

If you believe there is something wrong with the ballot, please contact me ASAP.



As per the Organic Law, all votes are final, and cannot be retracted, modified or altered in any way: if multiple votes are sent, only the first one is counted. The only exception is that if you vote on the Cosa part, but forgot to vote on the Senate part, you may add your Senate vote before the election deadline using voting method 1, 2, or 4* (see below). The database admin will then manually insert your Senate vote into the database.

*In this case, make a new separate post, do not alter your original post.

There are five ways to vote:

• You can reply to their Ballot email with your vote, provided the PSC code is in the email. Those votes will be entered manually into the Database system.
• You can write a different email (to talossachancery@gmail.com), provided the PSC code is in it. Those votes will be entered manually into the Database system.
• You can vote using the online form: www.talossa.ca/files/vote.php using only your citizen number (available online and in the email) and the PSC code from the email. Those votes will be entered automatically into the Database system.
• Voters will be able to vote on Wittenberg publicly A single vote thread (THIS THREAD) will be created for casting votes on Wittenberg. If you have received your vote code (PSC), you are requested to cast your vote in that thread. It is suggested that for privacy purposes you send a PM with your PSC but not post it in the public forum. A vote without PSC will be validated provided the account clearly belongs to a single eligible voter.
• You can print the ballot located here at www.talossa.ca/files/votebymail.php and mail it to the address located at the bottom of the ballot. Keep in mind that votes need to arrive before the election deadline to be valid and voting by mail might take long, especially from a location outside western Europe. (NOTICE: the vote by mail ballot is not fully updated yet.  When voting by mail please keep in mind the instructions on the email ballot or here.)

Especially when voting using a different method than the database, keep in mind the following:

• Part 3: Cosa Election
• Part 5: Referendum
• Part 6: Senate Election
• Part 7: Provincial Election

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• Specify which part you are voting for. Unspecified party votes will only count towards the Cosa election.
• Write-in parties for the Cosa elections cannot receive votes. A write-in vote has the same effect as Present/Invalid.
• For the Senate part, rank as many eligible candidates as you want in order of preference. Do not include one candidate multiple times. Please include a candidate's full name or citizen number. Ambiguous votes may be rejected. Write-In votes for eligible citizens are allowed.
• Party votes do not count in any way for Senate elections.
• As per the Organic Law, all votes are final, and cannot be retracted, modified or altered in any way: if multiple votes are sent, only the first one is counted. The only exception is that if you vote on the Cosa part, but forgot to vote on the Senate part, you may add your Senate vote before the election deadline using voting method 1, 2, or 4* (see above). The database admin will then manually insert your Senate vote into the database.
• DO NOTE ALTER your original post. ALWAYS create a new post.

If you vote on Wittenberg, please include the following parts: (On Wittenberg your vote will always be public.)

For the Cosa, please vote for the party you want to vote for.

Five parties have registered:

• DIEN - The Independent Monarchist
• FREEDEMS - Free Democrats of Talossa
• PdR - Parti da Reformaziun
• PT - Parti Tafialistà
• TNC - Talossan National Congress

More information about these parties (50 word statements, leaders, link to party platform, etc) can be found on your ballot, on the online voting form and on the election rules page.

If you do not wish to vote for a party you can also indicate "PRESENT" for the Party Vote. This counts as vote in regards to keeping your citizenship.
(You risk losing your citizenship if you did not vote or take part in a census during the last two years.)


There are two  referenda this year:

* 57RZ19 - The Seneschal Selection and Reselection Amendment
* 57RZ27 - The Dandelions Start at Fourteen Amendment

You may vote Për (in favour), Contrâ (against), or Abstain on these amendments.
The full texts can be found by clicking the links.


Please include your vote for Senator if you are a citizen of any of the following provinces:

• Atatürk
• Benito
• Vuode

To vote for Senate, list 1 or more (the database ballot accepts up to 5) eligible citizens of your province in order of preference!

If you leave this empty your vote will count as abstain and your vote for the other parts will still be valid.
Important: votes for a party do NOT count here. You will need to vote for an individual candidate.

The following candidates have registered for senate seats:
Atatürk: #101 - Martì-Paír Furxhéir, #547 Muhammed Yasir
Benito: #330 - Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu
Vuode: #550 - Tric'hard Lenxheir
Write-in votes for Senate are also allowed

Here you can vote for whichever party you wish to represent you in your provincial assembly. The provincial assembly elections of the following provinces are conducted by the chancery:

- Atatürk

- Benito
(For the Benito Legislative Assembly, please vote for a party, or PRESENT if you wish to cast a null ballot.)

- Florencia
(Vote for a party or vote "present")

- Fiova
Ranked choice voting, same as for Senators

If you leave this empty your vote will count as abstain and your vote for the other parts will still be valid.


Any time between the morning of 14 January, 2023 and 1 February, 2023 19:30 TST (UTC-5) (This corresponds to 19:30 in Milwaukee (WI), USA)


PS for those interested: here you can find who have and have not voted yet.
Current turnout: 99 (71.74%)

Also,  here(TBD) is a list of citizen numbers of citizens who are at risk of losing their citizenship at the end of the election.

Lastly, please just use this thread for voting. For questions, concerns, etc you can use this thread. Additionally, this thread should be treated as a polling station. This is not the place for campaigning or political arguments.

53RZ23 established a database of name, province and email address of all citizens who opt-in, available to every citizen. This has not been automated yet. If you wish to be included in this database please contact the Secretary of State on Witt or send an email to talossachancery@gmail.com stating that you wish to be included in the database for all citizens.[/list][/list]

Azul els membreaux da SIGN;

Years ago I was a member of Comità per l'Útzil del Glheþ, and I still keep my copy of Un Guizua (albeit out of date since Count Thord published it) near my desk. I would like to request membership in SIGN. I'll be the first to admit I struggle with Talossan and seek out the help of Sir Marcel or others when I need to, and despite the tutoring I once received from Count Thord, I know I'm VERY far from proficient. However, I always want to learn more and use it more. I would hope that my request is granted.

Graschciăs
Sir Txec dal Nordselvă

Merry Christmas to one and all!

Azul estimat Seneshal,

As I've made the required number of edits to the Wiki once again, I hereby request, in honor of my favorite beverage, coffee! I call this elixir of the gods "teacher's best friend," and I mean it! Without coffee I doubt I could get through my day!

Meirci!

Ben Morgun!

Baron Davinescu reminded me via his post about his party platform of a task I meant to accomplish some time back - that of renaming our boards to include the Talossan. With the help of Sir Marcel, I've renamed most of them as of this morning. I decided that since our glheþ naziunal is Talossan, putting the Talossan name first made the most sense.

If anyone sees any errors, please let me know so that I can make corrections. I also welcome other ideas to infuse el glheþ into our national webspace!

Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

On the recommendation of the Premieir of Maricopa and the appointment by the Cunstaval of Maricopa, the Honorable Ma la Mha Count Thord;

WHEREAS Over the course of recent history in Maricopa, one prominent citizen has dedicated his time and service to the Province and the Kingdom;

BE IT KNOWN that:

For his dedicated service to the Province in his capacity as The Fulbright Fellow in Coletx d'Armeux Rexhital,

Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat, O.SPM (U.PSM) is hereby enrolled;

Done under my hand and seal, on this the 8th day of December, of the reign of our gracious King John the seventeenth, and of the Kingdom of Talossa the 43rd.

Sir Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, Premieir dal Provinçù Soveran da Maricopa

Azul,

The Chancery has not received confirmation regarding conducting the upcoming Senate election for Benito. In prior elections the Chancery conducted the election, so I am attempting to ascertain if this is still going to be the case. If the Chancery does not receive confirmation, it will proceed with conducting the election. Any changes to this understanding must be submitted to the Chancery prior to December 31, 2022.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

This notice serves as confirmation that the provincial government of Ataturk has requested that the Chancery conduct the upcoming Senate election. Any changes to this understanding must be submitted to the Chancery prior to December 31, 2022.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

I am working to determine whether the Chancery should conduct the upcoming election for Senate in Vuode, or if Vuode is going to conduct its own election. This needs to be confirmed by December 31, 2022. If the Chancery gets no response, it will unilaterally move to conduct the election in order to ensure that an election actually occurs.

Regards,



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

Azul,

I approach the Coletx asking for assistance in augmenting my existing Coat of Arms with the augments of a belt, helm, and a motto. I also find that each order of Knighthood has a specific color of its belt, but as I have no example of any other augmented arms in the Order of the Flag, we will have to determine what color the belt should be.

To assist the Coletx, below is a link to a copy of my current CoA. I also desire my motto to be "Fraichetz dels punts, es non dels mürs."

Current CoA: http://wiki.talossa.com/File:Coa_txec.png

Thank you,

Sir Txec

The November 2022 Clark is now here.


www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=6

Or here: www.talossa.ca/files/print_clark.php (this is the printer friendly version)


In PDF Form (which was made from the print_clark.php page):

www.talossa.ca/files/clarks/November2022Clark.pdf

or can vote online here: www.talossa.ca/files/clark_vote.php

Or in this thread, until the 21st of the month, at 19h30 TST.

Senators are allowed to create a single thread in the Senate chamber to post all of the Senate Votes that are not cast in this thread. Any votes not posted either using the form above, the current thread or the Senate thread might be ignored and void. Please do not vote by email or private messages.

When you vote, do not indicate any conditions which may make it sound like this vote isn't final: you can always change your vote later.

Please do not vote by email: We've had problems with email votes being caught in the spam filter.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION BELOW IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.

Attention Citizens of Talossa!

The rules for the upcoming election are available here: http://www.talossa.ca/files/electionrules.php. These rules are an addition to Talossan law regarding elections, specifically OrgLaw Sections III,IV and V and Lexhatx title B. Be aware that not every detail of the law has been explicitly included in the rules so knowledge of the relevant laws might be useful.

The rules can also be found on the rules page of the database.

This thread serves to announce and inform Parties, Senatorial Candidates, King and Provinces about what needs to happen before the election and as a way for parties and candidates to register.



Sir Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretary of State

1. Timetable (month of recess has been called and the dates adjusted)
13 January 23:59 TST (-6 UTC) - Registration deadline Political Parties.
14 January 23:59 TST - Registration deadline Senatorial Candidates.
15 January, morning - Balloting Day, all citizens receive their ballots.
1 February 19:30 TST - Election deadline, results are announced.
14 February - Certification deadline
28 February - Party fee deadline to sit in the Cosa during the first Clark

2. Information for Parties
In the upcoming election the 200 seats of the 58th Cosa will be elected.

For a party to be able to obtain seats in the 58th Cosa two things need to happen.
1. You need to register with the chancery. This needs to happen at least 24 hours before balloting day!

Registration should include:
* Full Party name
* Party Initials
* 50 word statement
* Party Leader(s)
* Candidate list (this is optional, but if no list is supplied only the party leader is allowed to receive seats (see Lex.b.2.3 for the full rules regarding party lists).
* Party platform URL (optional)

All of the above can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com. (Information can be updated at any time before the deadline, but the initial registration needs to include at least all the mandatory parts).
Candidate lists and Platform URLs can still be provided/updated the day before balloting day.

The Chancery has a list of approximately 51 citizen email addresses that parties can only contact via The Chancery. The Chancery will send out a maximum of TWO emails per party. If you are a party leader, please email the Chancery at talossachancery@gmail.com EXACTLY what you want sent out. Please allow 48 hours notice. The Chancery will email exactly what you send (no editing). The Chancery will not target specific citizens and will not send out more than one email per party per week.

2. You need to pay a fee. This needs to happen before assigning cosa seats.
The fee is 6¤40 ($10 USD) and needs to be paid to the Bürgermeister of Inland Revenue, Txec dal Nordselva. Contact him to find out more about the best way to pay the fee. Parties can appear on the ballot before the fee has been paid.

3. Information regarding referenda statements (King + existing parties)
In addition, parties that currently hold cosa seats may provide a statement of up to 50 words for each referendum either in favour or against the bill.

In addition, the King may provide a 150 word statement for each amendment that was passed after the Ziu overruled an earlier objection.

This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com. Please do not wait until the last minute for this as they may have to be manually added to the ballot by the database admin


4. Information for Senatorial Candidates
Three Senate seats will be contested during the upcoming elections: Atatürk (3 cosa terms), Benito (3 cosa terms), and Vuode (3 cosa terms)
.
Some of these will be conducted by the provinces themselves. Others will be conducted by the chancery. A list will be included in this post with the most up to date information about which elections are conducted by the chancery.

If elections are conducted by the chancery, the election will use IRV and allow write-in candidates, but candidates do get the opportunity to be listed on the ballot. All you have to do to appear on the ballot is register with the chancery. This can be done by posting in this thread, sending me a pm or sending an email to talossachancery@gmail.com.

In order to appear on the ballot you have to register before the start of the elections.

5. Information for Provinces
The chancery provides the option for provinces to have their Senate and Assembly elections conducted by the chancery. Additionally in the case of assembly elections, provinces may provide supplementary instructions to the voters (this could be a description of the relevant provincial law, whether to vote for a party or person, a list of provincially registered parties, etc). The chancery requests that provincial representatives supply this information (what elections should be conducted, voting instructions) to the chancery. I will also look at relevant provincial law and post a thread in each province asking for details. If no information is provided by the province (in whatever form) the default option will be to include an option for a provincial assembly vote, but NOT to conduct the senatorial election, as this requires an explicit request from the province.

6. Assembly elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.) -Pending confirmation by the provinces
Atatürk - Election conducted by the chancery.
Benito - Election conducted by the chancery. Instructions: "For the Benito Legislative Assembly, please vote for a party, or PRESENT if you wish to cast a null ballot."
Cézembre - Election conducted by the province.
Fîovâ - Election for the Prasidïeu conducted by the Chancery. Instructions: "Ranked choice voting, same as for Senators.
Florencia - Election conducted by the chancery. Instructions: "Vote for a party or vote "present""
Maricopa - No election, all citizen can claim a seat in the Cabana.
Maritiimi Maxhestic - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Provincial assembly during the election.
Vuode - No election, all citizens can claim a seat in the Estats Xhenerais during the election..

7. Senate elections (Could be subject to change until balloting day.)
Benito (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the chancery.
Vuode (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the province.
Atatürk (3 cosa terms) - Election conducted by the Chancery.

Registration Status

Currently Declared Senate Candidates

• Tric'hard Lenxheir, Vuode. Fee paid: No
• Martì-Páir Furxhéir, Atatürk. Fee paid: No
• Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu, Benito. Fee paid:No
• Muhammed Yasir, Atatürk. Fee paid:No

Currently Registered Parties

• Free Democrats of Talossa, party leader Antaglha Somelieir. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• Talossan National Congress, party leader Breneir Tzaracomprada. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• The Independent Monarchist, party leader Munditenens Tresplet. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: No
• Parti Tafialistà, party leader Marcel Tafial. Fee paid: Yes Cosa List: Yes
• Parti da Reformaziun, party leader Mic'haglh Autofil. Fee paid: No Cosa List: Yes
  
  

IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION ABOVE IS INCORRECT, PLEASE NOTIFY ME ASAP.
 
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It is my pleasure to open call for bills of the November 2022 Clark.

Eventually, the clark can be viewed in real time here:

www.talossa.ca/files/cosa_vote_result.php?cosa=57&clark=6 (for the votes)

and here:

www.talossa.ca/files/clark.php?cosa=57&clark=6 (for the bills )

It is NOT too late to submit bills, of course, as you have OFFICIALLY until the morning of the 31st of this month, provided your bills have been in the Hopper before end of business day the 15th, of course. I will make the Clark on November 1st's morning and bills submitted up to a few hours before that will probably also be taken.

PLEASE note that in order to support a bill, you need to:

1 ) Be a Senator, the Secretary of State or the King
or
2 ) Have been nominated as a Cosa Member for the upcoming Clark BEFORE the 15th,

To vote on the Clark, you will once again have 2 options:

1 ) You will be able to vote in the Clark thread (which will be created later on the 1st of November), as usual. I will enter your votes in the DB.

2 ) You will be able to vote directly in the database, using your usernumber and DB password (which you can retrieve at: www.talossa.ca/files/login.php using the PSC of the election) or by login via Facebook (which retrieve manual activation on my part).



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretár d'Estat

As we approach the start of the final Clark of the 56th Cosa, and pursuant to El Lex B.13.2., it falls to me as the Secretary of State to establish an Electoral Commission. The relevant portion of El. Lex is below:

QuoteThe Electoral Commission shall be comprised of one Uppermost Cort justice to be appointed by the Cort, one Senator whose term will not expire at the conclusion of the Cosa term to be appointed by the Mençei, and one member to be appointed by the King upon recommendation of the Seneschal, pursuant to the following subsections. The Secretary of State shall be a permanent ex officio member of the Commission, and shall not be entitled to a vote nor affect quorum.

Therefore, I ask @King John in consultation with The Seneschal, @Ian Plätschisch , the Mençei @Eiric S. Bornatfiglheu , appoint their chosen member.

I will consult as well with the Uppermost Cort to determine which member shall join the Electoral Commission. @Viteu @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN , @Istefan Perþonest, and Owen Edwards.

As the next General Election is quickly approaching, I will need to consult with the EC to establish the rules of the election as soon as I can.



Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă,
Secretary of State